A focus on menu innovation, value for money and “exceptional hospitality” delivered record annual growth for Bristol-based all-day café/bar chain Loungers – with its CEO forecasting even more expansion for the coming year. The group has been a rare success story on the high street amid the worst cost...
A partner in law firm Thrings’ Bristol office is helping promote environmentally focused change in the South West’s booming construction sector by contributing to a guide showing how the industry can achieve a more resilient future. Called Net Zero in the South West – Drive the Change, the publication...
Regional property consultancy Alder King has made a new senior appointment in its Bristol building consultancy team to drive its continued growth. Chartered building surveyor Phil Hall, pictured, has joined the practice as a partner after two years with real estate consultancy Hollis’s Bristol office. Phil brings with him...
Last year the government announced new recycling legislation called Simpler Recycling. As a result, all UK businesses will have to have a dedicated food waste collection from 31 March next year. Microbusinesses will have until two years later to implement the changes. In addition, Stop Food Waste Day took...
Bristol City Council’s chief executive Stephen Peacock is to join the West of England Combined Authority as its new CEO, it was announced this today. Stephen, pictured, was previously the city council’s executive director for growth and regeneration, during which time he worked on the City Leap decarbonisation project,...
Orders handled by Bristol eCommerce success story Huboo have soared by more than 120% at its German and Dutch bases over the past year – helped by a “tentative” return to the European market by UK firms. The firm launched in 2017 with two safe storage lockers in Bath...
Ambitious Bristol firms are being invited to join a free workshop in the city next week to learn more about how they can enter the prestigious King’s Awards for Enterprise scheme. The event, on Monday 22 April, will offer advice on how to apply along with tips on how...
National law firm Foot Anstey has promoted three lawyers to the firm’s partnership, including Mark Greatholder who leads the firm’s commercial energy practice from its Bristol office. Taking effect from 1 May, the promotions will bring the total number of partners at the firm to 66. Joining the partnership...
An investment programme that has already injected £2.5m into more than 100 Bristol social enterprises is to launch a second transformative round of funding and support to help more businesses in the sector. The additional £1.3m will help the firms become stronger and more sustainable through bespoke investment packages...
A grassroots refugee charity in Bristol is calling on businesses in the city to help it find a new home for the work it does supporting more than 5,000 displaced and vulnerable people. Aid Box Community (ABC) was founded nine years ago in response to the global refugee crisis....
Office rents in Bristol city centre are set to soar by more than 17% to a record high this year due to a shortage of prime space. Property agents in the city believe an increase to £50 per sq ft is “very realistic” as a growing number of firms...
Bristol Airport has acted as the test bed for a ground-breaking project showing how hydrogen can be safely used to power ground support equipment such baggage tractors. Information gathered from the year-long trial, the first of its kind at a major UK airport, will form the basis for a...
Bristol-headquartered all-day café/bar chain Loungers has made three key appointments, including promoting the managing director of its Lounge brand to the newly created position of group MD. Loungers said introducing this new role was aimed at ensuring it the optimal senior management structure to deliver continued consistent financial out-performance...
